290 SPINACEOUS PLANTS. 



stems of the leaves are deep red, and slightly furrowed. 

 The leaves change to green when boiled. 



Bed Orach. Leaves oblong, heart-shaped, somewhat wrin- 



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DARK RED ORACH, kled, and slightly toothed on the margin ; the 

 upper surface is very dark, inclining to a dingy purple ; 

 the under surface is of a much brighter color. The stems 

 are deep red, and slightly furrowed ; height three feet and 

 upwards. 



This is an earlier but a less vigorous sort than the White. 

 The leaves of this variety, as also those of most of the colored 

 sorts, change to green in boiling. 



Red-stalked Leaves dark green, tinged with dull brown, 

 Green Orach. 



Trans. much wrinkled, toothed, somewhat curled, ter- 



minating rather obtusely, and forming two acute angles at 

 the base ; the stalk and the stems of the leaves are deep red, 

 and slightly furrowed ; the veins are very prominent. It is 

 of tall growth. 



Red-stalked Leaves somewhat heart-shaped, of a yellow- 

 WhiteOrach. . J 



Trans. ish-green, tinged with brown. Their margin is 



PURPLE-BOR- 



stame d with purple, and a little dentated or 



toothed in some cases, but not in all. The 

 stalk and the stems of the leaves are of a palish red, and 

 are slightly furrowed, as well as streaked with pale white 

 between the furrows. The plant is of dwarfish growth. 



"White Orach. Leaves pale green or yellowish-green, much 

 PALE GREEN wrinkled, with long, tapering points, strongly 



ORACHE. Neill. 



sPmIcH FE Y I E C L H . cut in tne form of teetn towards the base, 

 which forms two acute angles ; the stalk of the 

 plant and the stems of the leaves are of the same color as 

 the foliage. It is comparatively of low growth. 



